um

at, around

The 27th most frequent word in German, appearing about 3,408 times per million words.

Type

preposition

Frequency rank

#27

Per million words

3,408

In a sentence

Which case does it take?

Always takes the accusative.

Related words

Other words of the same kind, at nearby frequency:

• nach after, to
• aus from, out of
• vor before, in front of
• bei at, near, with
• über over, about
• für for

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